Brian Deputy Montgomery county sheriff was out of the house when fire crews arrived along with his wife tracy and nineyearold daughter sophia. Inside in their second floor bedroom 11yearold brian, jr. , and sixyearold parker. Unfortunately there were two juvenile males located on the second floor deceased. The cause of this fire is unknown at this time. Reporter by daylight, the blackened structure was surrounded by state and local fire investigators who could be seen handling what looked like a scorched piece of wire. Nearby, what appeared to be a blackened portable heater. Kyles son grayson was pals with brian, jr. Here they are brian on the right enjoying a field trip just last week. What are you telling your boys . You know, we gave them a big hug this morning. My wife broke the news to my son. And he broke down immediately. Reporter a truck destroyed by the flames in a car sit in the driveway investigators removed several guns from a gun locker in the front of the home. Dave about mans eyes we would with tears when he thought of parker, the little boy who would run to his home for freshly baked cookies. I could take an awful lot. Anybody around here needs help im right there. That took the life right out of me. Reporter brian likens, sr. U. S. Servicemen who did two terms in iraq. He has survived as has this wife tracy and their daughter sophie y a small memorial behind mirror near the burned building a baseball bat and flowers gone fund me page has been started for the likens family. Live montgomery county, im jeff cole, more at 6 00. Folks back to you. See you then, thank you jeff. Fox 29 just receiving a statement from the school the two boys attended reading in part the Perkiomen Valley SchoolDistrict Community was deeply saddened to learn this morning about the death of two Schwenksville Elementary School students from a house fire. Grief counselors were at the school today. Arctic blast taken hold of the delaware valley. A live look at reading of course berks county winds making temperatures feel like theyre in the single digits. Yeah, its bonechilling. As we take live look outside of our old city studios. Clear skies now. Snow expected overnight. Kathy at least maybe with the snow a bit of a warmup possibly. At least well have less wind lucy. Thats pretty much the only consolation of this forecast. So lets get to it. Were talking about partly cloudy sky right now. We still have winds gusting to 31 miles an hour in philadelph philadelphia. Elsewhere lower than 30. So thats good. Wind chills still in the teens. It feels like four in the poconos. Feels like 17 in philadelphia and we have a clipper an Alberta Clipper an area of low pressure coming from canada they call eight clipper because it moves really quickly this is going soar through the keystone state and bring snow before we go to sleep tonight. We do have Winter Weather advisory until tomorrow morning for one to 2inches of snow from philadelphia to the north and west. Of course, the higher accumulations as you head toward the Lehigh Valley but this does include allentown, reading, upper dublin, philadelphia lower oxford and of course warminster, richboro, ivyland in bucks county even into quakertown. As we look ahead through the evening and that advisory area reduced visibility most of the accumulation before sunrise tomorrow and of course allow extra time for your morning ru rush. Of course, Scott Williams and bob kelly will have the latest tomorrow morning on good day. Even though most of it will fall before were sleeping its going to stick and its going to be powdery because its so cold. Talk more about the timing coming you. Here we government thank you kathy. Developing stories sources telling us that carson wentz has now had surgery to repair his torn acl and that it happened in pittsburgh this morning. The eagles quarterback injured his knee during the game sunday night in los angeles. Head coach Doug Pederson says wentz is out for the season, of course, nick foles taking over. Our Kristen Rodgers will have much more coming up in sports. The search on tonight for the driver in that deadly hitandrun in tacony. Police say the driver of a it to toy corolla slammed into another car overnight and that car crashed through a fence and launch add passenger 30 feet in the air. That 33yearold passenger died. Two other people in that car had minor injuries. The driver and passenger in the first car took off. If youve got any information, please call police. A delivery shot shot kindle on the job in East Stroudsburg these three are facing murder charges. On monday around 1 00 a. M. The victim 58yearold richard la bar was delivering pizza in cinnamon sticks cops say it was setup. Investigators say these 338yearold karo lena, 21yearold salvador roberts and 17yearold israel burroughs shot and robbed him. The teen is being charged as an adult. Mack plus news on that horrific crash on route 322 in Delaware County sunday night. Were told two of the four nuns hurt in that wreck are already out of the hospital. Our bruce gordon joins us, bruce, this update comes from the nuns provincial superior. Reporter from from suburban chic tick that check up on the accident victims and provide the real first update since this nasty crash want an update. Reporter takes lot of faith to look at this mangled buick and see the positive. Whats in my mind and heart is extreme gratitude. Reporter sister barbara jean has abundance of faith. Its almost like gods hand was there. Reporter you might say it comes with the calling. Because when you look at the pictures of the car, i think its a miracle that these sisters escaped with their liv lives. Reporter four nuns sisters of the holy family of nazareth in philadelphia were on their way back from visiting Longwood Gardens sunday night when their car was struck head on by a vehicle that dropped the couple yellow lines on 3222 at folk road. The nuns and that other driver were trapped in their crushed cars for 30 minutes while Emergency Responders worked to free them. Sister barbara jean paid a visit to the hospital tuesday. There are cuts, that are bruises, there are stitches, there are broken bones but nothing that would be as severe as you would imagine coming out of that car. Reporter among the injured nuns, sister mary anthony. I have a library book that was past due. We believe in forgiveness here. Reporter you met her back on november 7th on good day philadelphia kids at her christ the king staged a tribute to military veterans just ahead of the holiday. Sister barbara jean says kids and their families touched by the nuns have reached out to express their support in this time of need. God can use anything to bring his message of love and concern. Reporter those bethel firefighters who helped rescue the sisters, they were working with santa claus in local neighborhoods trading candy canes for donated toys when the accident detoured them. For you kids, no, thats not two santas. Youre seeing double. Their job was to help these people, and they came the way they were. Gave the gift of themselves. Reporter not a bad gift. Not bad gift. Reporter the accident still under investigation. Authorities say the driver of that other vehicle, 21yearold Delaware County man, was in fact the one who left his lane and caused the crash. No word yet on whether criminal charges will be filed. Lucy. Mack us will indeed. Thank you, bruce. Prosecutors in the Cosmo Dinardo case file paper work to make sure they can go for the Death Penalty if he doesnt live up to his part of a plea agreement in the murders of four men in bucks county last summer. Dinardo and his cousin sean kratz will go before a judge for their formal arraignment tomorrow. Investigators found the bodies of 19yearold dean finocchiaro, 22yearold mark sturgess, tom meo and 19yearold jimi patrick on his family farm in solebury in july. Breaking news now out of beiber county. 25 miles northwest of pittsburgh p reports of a shooting on Penn States Beaver campus. The school tweeted just a short timing a the campus is closed. Theres no threat as of right now. Center Township Police say coroner is at the scene but could not give any details about any deaths. We of course will stay on top of this and bring you more as soon as we get it. Alabama county officials are still counting ballots this evening but thats unlikely to change doug jones surprise victory in the states race for u. S. Senate. Democrat won the special Senate Election after many allegations of Sexual Misconduct against roy moore who has endorsed by President Trump jones will become the democrats 49th senator. Republicans will still have a slim majority with 51 and of course vicepresident pence to break any ties. Republicans on capitol hill are shifting their focus to tax reform with President Trump saying they are very close to historic legislative victory. Fox news correspondent Caroline Shively has more from washington. Reporter the republican push to reform the tax code facing another hurdle after a Democratic Victory in alabama. But the president isnt ready to give up yet. Speaking from the grand foyer of the white house President Trump makes a final push for tax reform. The president choosing to focus on the American People in these closing arguments including stories and tax situations of five middle income families from across the country. If Congress Sends me a bill before christmas, the irs has just confired that americans will see lower taxes and bigger paychecks beginning in february. Reporter the house passing attacks code overhaul in mid november. And the senate followed suit earlier this month. Those bills, however, are different. And ahead of president s speech members of the Tax Reform Conference Committee made up of senators and house members met to discuss the compromise theyve been working on. Some say tax relief for the wealthy. Others say no, theres tax increases for the wealthy. I guess my paint wait for the final bill. Reporter democrats now calling on Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to hold off on tax reform until newly elected alabama senator doug jones is seated. Once that happens, the gop majority in the senate will be even tighter with 5149 split. It would be wrong for Senate Republicans to jam through this tax bill without giving the newly elected senator from alabama the opportunity to cast his vote. Reporter the gop goal remains delivering tax reform by christmas. Republicans hope to vote on final package next week. In washington, Caroline Shively, fox 29 news. A new area code is on the way to the garden state. What you need to k michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. You recognize this guy . Philadelphia police say they want him for robbing a woman inside a north philadelphia chinese restaurant. It happened in november but police just released this video saying he tried to grab her purse inside the chinese store on west cecil b. Moore. The woman refused to left go. She lost her grip and the bag fell to the floor. The guy grabbed 200 out of it and took off. Injuries see people, are you an 856 area code or 609. That could change another area code is headed your way. Our Chris Oconnell has more from pennsauken. Reporter do you know new jersey foss new area code yet . I do not. Reporter do you know the new area code . I do not. Reporter if you havent been dialed into the news lately, listen up. New jersey is welcoming a new area code. Let me lay this on you. 640. 640 . Never heard of it. Reporter get ready. 640 is coming at you. 640, why is that . Reporter after nearly 50 years the 609 is running out of numbers. So come next year, 640 will be added as an overlay to the same Geographic Area as the 609. From trenton south to cape may. Dont worry, your phone number wont change but brand new numbers will be assigned the 640 by the end of next summer. Customers in this region are going to have to get used to using the full dialing number including the area code even if theyre in the 609 area code. It all goes on speed dial any way and i push one button. If somebody asks me what my cell number is i dont know what it is because its on speed dial. Reporter why the change . Blame your smart phone. With every new cell phone, every new tablet every new fax machine were running out of numbers plain and simple. Reporter changings will be phased in starting january 20th but by september the 640 will be in full operation and you will then be required to dial the entire ten digit number. Do we have a choice . Reporter we dont have a choice. Im sure you dont. Reporter are you going to be able to get used it to . I guess have i. To 640 . Let me start practici practicing. There was Chris Oconnell from pennsauken. For complete break down of everything you have to know about the new dialing changes head to our website at fox29. C fox29. Com. Governor elect phil murphy just nominated a Democratic Assembly woman as new jerseys next treasure rear. Murphy is in trenton announced Assembly Woman elizabeth my as his pick for the top fiscal job. She currently represents the 15th legislative district parts of hunterdon and mercer county. Treasurer is responsible for helping the governor craft new jerseys budget and oversees the states benefit programs, invest manies, lottery and pensions and all that stuff. Was it perhaps an amicable resignation or another case of youre fired . Am ma rosa new man is leaving donald trump once again. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee sanders says new man who was fired by President Trump on at prentice resigned yesterday to quote pursue opportunities. Wall street journal reports emma rosas departure as abrupt and confrontational. We now know who will replace senator al franken once he steps down. Today Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton announce the states Lieutenant Governor tina smith will take frankens seat. The democrat announced announces resignation last week in the middle of those allegations of Sexual Misconduct. Heres what smith had to say when accepting her appointment. Though, i never anticipated this moment, i am resolved to do everything that i can to move minnesota forward and i will be a fierce advocate for the in the United States senate for Economic Opportunity and fairness. The choice to appoint smith already raising questions of how she will be replaced. Shell likely take frankens seat in early january. Big push in camden to combat the worst Public Health crisis of our time, of course, that would be opioid addiction governor christie joined doctors at cooper hospital to talk about it all today. Thousands of people die every single year from overdoses. Governor christie says much more needs to happen to help people with addiction such as bringing more non opioid pain relief. The numbers of how many people get their hands on the pills are staggering. 265 million prescriptions wre written in 2016 for opioids in this country. Thats enough for every adult american to have their own bottle of 30 pills. Theres no way that thats an appropriate use of a prescription pad. No way. This event was the american pain associations first stop on its National Tour of the turn the tide summit. Makeover for historic sign in trenton for 100 years sign trenton makes the world takes has greeted drivers entering jersey from pennsylvania. Well its getting major facelift now for price, of course. Our hank flynn has his take. Trenton make world take. Thats what i hear about. Its hank. Heim in trenton lights are out on the trenton makes bridge. Theyre in the process of upgrading them. Spending pretty good money to do it but should they . My take is as always depends on who you ask. The trenton makes bridge sign its always been there for anyone who lived near ten or even passed that was for nearly 100 years. See the red glow in the evening you know where you are and Delaware River joint toll Bridge Commission spokesman joe donnelly says locals have fought any changes over the years. There would be full pages in the newspaper of letters to the editor dee crying any effort to perhaps change that sign. Reporter workers are in the final stages of a full upgrade on the sign. One that could run nearly 650,000. It will have led lights for the first time which Useless Energy and will you ever offer a variety of colors for the sign. Donnelly says a couple weeks of trials, couple weeks of training, and the sign will be relit hopefully sometime in january. Unfortunately, now, the name thats on that bridge is not living up to what it was once was. Reporter its true. What does trenton make any more companies have folded or left for better deals. The sign is historic and relevant reference to the capitol citys deep history but at what price . The price is certainly worth it. This is a much better lighting system. Going to be able to do a lot more with it. Its much more energy efficient. The led lights are like run at 15 of the cost. Reporter okay. Of what an incandescent bulb and when you consider neon lighting, its even more efficient than that. Reporter bottom line, the Delaware River joint toll Bridge Authority is footing the bill, not trenton. So its not like the city can spend the money elsewhere. It isnt theirs. Listen if you can get somebody else to give your citys best known landmark a facelift free of charge, thats a win for a town that needs one. Im hank and thats my take. Not something you expect to see is a car wash. A van slams into the waiting room and its all all caught on camera. Hey, man. Oh nice man cave nacho . [ train whistle blows ] what . stop it mmhmm. Weve been saving a lot of money ever since we switched to progressive. This bar is legit. And now we get an even bigger discount from bundling home and auto. I can get used to this. It might take a minute. Swing and a miss slam dunk touchdown together sports touchdown three men now arrested for what they did to this shark. Unbelievable cruelty. Showing them violently dragging the shark behind their boat and laughing. They kept on dragging it until it died. It went viral this video did back in july. Set off all kinds of outrage. The in order fish and Wildlife Conservation commission has announced michael went sell, robert we knack and Spencer Heights arent quiet as tough as they thought they were. They now face aggravated animal cruelty charges. Check out this wild video out of the south carolina. You see a van crash right into a car wash. It happened in columbia thats the state capitol. Police say the van was stolen and believed at least three suspects were in there when it slammed into the building. Investigators say they intentionally crashed it to steal an atm. Police are still investigating. Lake placid, in order, thats not far from tampa several students are hurt after a crash involving a schoolbus. Police say a semi truck rear ended the bus during the morning commute. Investigators say the schoolbus was stopped with the lights flashing when the truck slammed right into it. Two students are now seriously hurt. The truck driver charged with careless driving. Case of bullying in California Centers on a message left for 12yearold girl on her voicemail. 12yearold boy in irenes class reportedly left the message monday night. Irenes parents say they only found out after she told them she wanted to end her life. The two minute long voicemail laced with all kinds of horrible comments. The School District says its working with police and it takes the situation seriously. Bullying or any feeling a student has they arent being treated well or they arent being treated respectfully they should be able to share that with an adult. Police Youth Services department will refer the boy who left the voicemail to a Diversion Program where hell hopefully learn about bullying hoping hell avoid the criminal court system. Juggling it all. Teens today dealing with so much. Especially with the influence of social media. Still ahead, well take a closer look at teen anxiety. Kathy . In weather were talking about an Alberta Clipper bringing snow before we go to bed and it will continue into the overnight. Well talk about how much, where and a bridge in the frankford neighborhood getting a new name. Today the Pennsylvania Senate unanimouslying to dedicate that bridge in honor of gary skerski he was shot and killed in the line of duty in may of 2006. Community wants to rename part of castor avenue to Frankford Creek as the officer gary frank skerski memorial bridge. The bill now goes to Governor Tom Wolf for approval. Its a tragedy impossible to forget. Tomorrow is five years since 20yearold adam lanza opened fire on innocent children and teachers at sandy hook Elementary School. Five years later, it still at the heart of the gun violence debate. It could help those on both sides of the issue find Common Ground. Heres bill anderson. Reporter this week marks five years since the tragic shooting that left 20 children and six adults dead at sandy hook Elementary School. Madeleine sue, six. Catherine hubbard, six. Reporter with way too many Mass Shootings happening since sandy hook, we normally dig in pick sides and argue about gun rights versus gun laws. But a local group wants to try something different. Lets try focusing instead on what unites us. I respect the fact that there is the Second Amendment exists. I dont have any trouble with that. But i think that we need to be reasonable. Reporter star coming bright was one of the people who came together in west chester to acknowledge the tragedy in sandy hook. But she also hopes that her personal experience being shot can humanize the discussion about gun violence. I was talking to some people in the church. He walked out while i was talking to them. Walked back in. Shouting i get bet youre wondering which one of you it was going to be and he ran up to me and shot me point blank range. Reporter surviving the attack made her uniquely qualified to discuss the conflict that exists between too many gun owners and those who oppose them. We have guns. My husband has guns. Theyre safely locked. I dont have any issue with people owning guns. Reporter gun sense chester who organized the event knows there are areas where gun owners and opposition will never agree, but can you make progress by moving past those areas . Welcome back with diverse viewpoints to come and share their perspective and as weve done that, we found that people are surprised how much Common Ground there is. Reporter something star discover as she spoke directly to gun owners who are also her neighbors and friends. I live in an area of Chester County where theres a lot of people who have guns. A lot of people have guns. I realize i started talking to these people maybe we could find some sort of Common Ground. Reporter many more things that you unite us than divide us and hopefully trying to find a solution to end senseless killing becomes one of those things for goodness sake. Im bill anderson. Your fox 29 Weather Authority tracking freezing temperatures and snow as we take a live look at Allentown Lehigh county. It is brutal out there right now. Even if you have to step outside for just minute. Make matters worse, kathy is tracking snow. Her forecast in just 15 seconds. I think were getting pretty good at this snow thing, dont you . Were talking about cold temperatures tonight. On penns landing were in the 30s right now. Temperatures will continue to fall. Right now 29 the wind chill is 17. The wind sustained at 17 and thats going keep the chill in the air. Feels like 15 in pottstown. Four in the poconos and 21 in wilmington and winds still gusting to 20 miles an hour in philadelphia. 24 in wildwood. But these gusts have been reduced significantly so the trend is downward with the wind but also downward with the temperature. Heres our moisture. An or of low pressure will zip by to our south and push the snow through. Generally the rule is meteorologically with clippers you get about one to 2inches of snow. If theyre really potent or show redevelopment off the coast then you can see more but for the most part thats what were talking about with this particular snowfall. So as we go hour by hour, were talking about the clouds moving in through the evening. So if you want to see the geminid meteor shower get out there early tonight. We have shooting stars out there but the problem the clouds will be rolling from the west. By nine, 10 00 oclock the snow is here. Well be on fox 29 news at 10 0. Also snowing during our 11 00 oclock show. And then during the Early Morning hours it moves out. But its going to be so cold with temperatures in the 20s that this snow is going to stick on anything thats untreated right away and remember, you can make more snow at colder temperatures just like they do uso that means you dont needts. Much moisture to make a decent am of snow. So were talking about a coating to an inch through south jersey and delaware. Philadelphia right on that border of one to 2inches that goes up toward the poconos. There could be some isolated spots especially when we have some lift with the hilly terrain in bucks county where we could possibly see up to 3inches of snow. We do have that Winter Weather advisory in effect until tomorrow morning for the area shaded in purple so even though its going to be out before sunrise, its still going to have lasting effect with slow travel for your morning rush. I would plan to get up a little bit earlier and of course bob kelly will have the latest on the Road Conditions tomorrow morning. This is your advisory area. And that advisory goes through tomorrow morning. Overnight low temperatures cold in the 20s. With the wind it will feel like its in the teens. And during the day tomorrow, well start off in the upper 30s then temperatures falling throughout the day. Clearing skies but a cold breeze out of the northwest. On your seven day forecast from the Weather Authority, well, how about an afternoon snow shower for your friday . Saturday mostly sunny. Late rain for sunday. Monday morning wet shower or snow shower. Then tuesday looks nice. Sunny and pleasant the temperature around 50. Of the morning low 36. And then by next wednesday, sunny and cooler the high 42. But were getting out of the freezer and back to temperatures that are somewhat normal by next monday. Its going to be very interesting to see what the second half of december will look like. Well take closer look at that at 6 00. All right. Sounds good. Lot to talk about. Thank you kathy. Some people use google for everything, right . But could it actually babysit for you . More philadelphia mayor jim kenney took his tour of Public Schools to north philadelphia today. He met with students at the Pan American AcademyCharter School visiting math, music and bilingual classrooms. Mayor says try to get to one school a week and says the tour is a learning process for his another station aadministration. I try to figure out a way we can all Work Together to give our children the best Educational Resources possible and reduce poverty and make them more employable and more successful. He also stressed the importance of kids learning two languages. Google making moves to make your kids, you know, be safe at your home trying to be babysitter type thing. Company unveiled plans for remote babysitter service that uses cameras and motion sensors. So the smart home system would send a text or email to parents when their child has been alone for ten minutes. The sensors would also turn off sockets when a child gets near and close digital doors to prevent them from escaping from a room. Hopefully this wouldnt be used for anything nefarious. How did we ever raise kids before . Instagram users new feature allows users to follow hash tags so once you follow a specific hash tag instagram will give you the most relevant post based on likes and activity. All about likes and instagram has about 500 million daily active users acquired by facebook about five years ago for around billion dollars. We now know who will be inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame in 2018. Headlining next years honors bon jovi the band calls it a christmas miracle. [ laughter ] theyve been eligible for nearly a decade but only been on the ballot once. Couple other notables, dire straits and moody blues. Nice. It is cold out there. I dont have to tell that you. Not just people who are trying to deal with this. Did you know the cold affect yours Christmas Tree as well . Kristen. The eagles are full steam ahead with nick foles. How is his first practice as starting quarterback . Plus the latest on Carson Wentzs michael im thankful that im alive and have a second chance. James im thankful for the help and the opportunity that i received. Darlene im thankful to be able to help people in crisis. Vanessa im thankful that addiction is treatable, and that help is available. Christie new jersey is experiencing a heroin epidemic fueled by opioid painkillers. But if you or someone you love is struggling with addiction, i want you to know we are here for you. This holiday season, choose help. Call 844 reach nj or visit reachnj. Gov. Let your kids use their smart phones near bedtime could help them pack on some pounds and stop them from getting a good nights sleep. You probably already knew that but researchers tracked 200 kids and found those who used their phones right before they went to bed were more than twice as likely to be overweight and they also had problems staying asleep once they wept to bed. Experts recommend kids have at least an hour with no screen time before heading to bed. Those findings appear in the journal global peter tricks health. All right. So anxiety is where your stomach turns, your heart races you feel alum in that your throat with all of lifes demands it can get very stressful. And for some teens the pressure thanks to things like social media to just be too much. Our joyce evans breaks this all down. Everyone flocks to her. Reporter shes popular, active, a real Competitive High School senior. Mason ritchie is also working forward her drivers license and getting into a college of her choice. It was all of those things at the same time. Reporter juggling it ought pretty well until one day it ooh felt like i was having a heart tack. Reporter it was the first of countless episodes that brought her normal teenaged world to a dead stop. Like what . School, birthday parties. Family events. Everything. Reporter what happens, you cant go. I cant go, no. My body starts shaking i feel sick. And i physically cant get myself to go. Reporter it was none of those. Things got worse. Yeah, i couldnt leave from my upstairs to my downstairs like i couldnt do it. Well it really has turned her life upside down. Reporter family outings can be nightmares. Even when mason wants to go. We had to physically carry her and she was fighting and crying and my son was in tears and we were i mean we were in the Truck Holding her trying to get her to calm down, trying to head on our Family Vacation and were all in tears. Reporter at first, masons dad wasnt buying that his daughter just suddenly lot of control. And thats why i was always looking for the trigger. What triggered this . Whats the cause of this . Theres a reason why shes acting out like this. She was grade student, six months ago and now she doesnt even go to school any more. I really didnt want to face that. Reporter both her parents educators. Its really hard to see a report card with straight fs. Reporter turns out, mason may be in a rapidly growing class of children suffering from mild to severe anxiety disorde disorders. Im still thinking to myself, is that really it . Is there Something Else . Was she bullied at school . Was there another issue at school . Is it social something that happened, you know, on her phone or social media that caused her to do this . Reporter mason says no. While study after study cites be a dem mick precious to succeed, social media acceptance and se selfesteem issues, among the top triggers, nemours hospital psychologist dr. Cami winklespect says its really hard to say for sure. Everything is kind of always in the eye of the beholder. One person would find very stressful another person might not find very stressful. So theres lot of individual variables that come into play when youre thinking about anxiety. Reporter she says, a recent rise in teen anxiety may really be a reflection of more awareness and acceptance. That if there is an increase in pressure, theyre also a Comfort Level in talking about it we didnt have before. Reporter the ritchie family wants to get rid of the stigma. We want peel people to know whats going on, if you see this in your child, you know, dont assume like i did, you know, theyre on drugs or theyre just a spoiled kid or, upping, they may have true anxiety or depression. Its really seek professional help as we did. Im on medication now so its a lot better, like, its easier to control. It still happens but i can get a hold it now. To where before i couldnt. Reporter shes also using an app to help her breathe and to distract her attention. Shes beginning to talk more and do simple things with friends and family. A little more every day. I feel like its important for other people to know, like, it is a thing and its out the there. Like, its happening. And to get help when you need it. Reporter mason is being tutored at home and her school is working with the family, too. Were hoping shes still going to to have the future we want for her just a different path to get there. Reporter in wilmington, joyce evans, fox 29 news. Heres some good news if youre a couch potato. New study finds that sitting for long periods of time not going to make you gain weight but study authors say it doesnt mean sit fog long periods of time is good for you. Research has shown it can affect your risk for diabetes much the finderrings appear in the journal sports med glynn probably shouldnt down those cheetos while youre sitting. I love coat tease. This is probably you havent thought about how colder temperatures you affect your Christmas Tree. Increase its risk of catching fire. Dr. Joette jianne vin company how tips how to keep our homes safe. Fire safety is important all year round but with cooler weather and the use of space heaters that risk goes up. Also adding to the risk are your Christmas Trees. When trees get dry they become a fire risk and they can be deadly. On average one out of every 32 reported home Christmas Tree fires resulted in a death. Now compare that to one in 1143 for other home fires. The leading cause was electric electrical. The risk isnt over when christmas ends. Many tree fires happen in january. Smoke detectors can help protect your family but not if they dont work. And its not just because the battery is dead. Turns out they have an expiration date. You can check the back to see depending on the manufacturer they can last anywhere from five to ten years. Working smoke detectors cut the death rate in half. Another thing that expires is your Carbon Monoxide detector. The sensors stop working so you need to check the expert days date on the back as well. Carbon monoxide is colorless and odorless and pets and Young Children are most susceptible. If theres any natural gas in your building or you live in a home with attached garage its recommended you buy one. Still dont think you need one . Consider this. A single Carbon Monoxide detector in an app complex saved multiple lives. Another womans detector picked up Carbon Monoxide from her neighbors garage and their attached townhomes. He had left his car motor running. For the fox medical team, im dr. Joette gainvinco. Common sense stuff. Good advice. Yup. All right. Be safe. Like to ride your motorcycle under a full moon . Well you might want to think about that twice. Researchers looking at 13,000 deadly motorcycle crashes in the u. S. In a 40year period they found more than 4,000 of those hppened during a full moon. They say the findings highlight the need for riders to be careful when riding during a full moon. You shall always be careful the findings appear in the british medcal journal. Thats interesting. Coming up some folks getting some help in time for the holidays. This is going to make you smile. Secret are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. Time for whitestrips. Crest glamorous White Whitestrips are the only adaaccepted whitening strips proven to be safe and effective. And they whiten 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea heres pepto bismol ah. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea santas helpers are answering the big man mail for him in california. Theyre all helping out with operation santa. Its organized by the u. S. Postal service. Volunteers answer kids letters to santa and do what they can to fulfill their christmas wishes. Volunteers say it helps them remember the true meaning of the holiday. Archdiocese of Philadelphia Holding their annual blessing of the nativity scene. Reverend dennis gill holding the blessing this afternoon at 18th and race in center city. This is the 21st year that the nativity scene has been blessed. Students from Saint Francis xavier parish Elementary School in philadelphia performing traditional Christmas Carols at the event. Reminds us what is blessed is set aside as holy assaye cred. Receiving new meaning for us. And that means that every time we pass by this nativity scene, it is a sacramental. The event is organize by the christmas Crash Committee and sponsored by the aint schenn order of hibernians and the knights of columbus. Secret santa paying off 49,000 of lay away items at a south jersey walmart. Our dave kinchen has the story from millville. Reporter theres no doubt we all know how stressful the holidays can be. Even more stressful if youre a little low on cash. Having trouble making ends meet. Leave it to secret santa to help so many people out in south jersey. For somebody to do Something Like this for people that they dont know is humbling and its a blessing. Reporter it will be a brighter christmas for kimberly green and her grandkids now that a secret santa secured their gifts bought from walmart in millville. I was like, really . Like we need to text somebody, call somebody. Reporter it was kimberlys reaction after finding out from her daughter who work at the walmart more than 700 bucks of the remaining balance for gifts on lay away was mysteriously covered. I said, can we go there . They was like just wait. No, we need to go now. We need to make sure this is true. When we got there and we want back to the back to lay away, it was true. Reporter with nine grandkids in the family, any christmas list would be costly. It was a challenge, of course, because i mean, you spending money on stuff its not always easy, you know, but you got to do was got to do for the kids. Reporter store managers will only say it was a local businessperson who dropped nearly 50 grand to pay off lay away orders for more than 200 people including kimberly. Kind of be at ease now. You know, like, okay, all right, you know, you aint got to worry about that gig expense. Reporter these gifts are being kept in undisclosed location away from the house and the kids. But the warmth avenue strangers generosity has already filled their household this holiday season. What can you say but thank you . You know, like i dont know who it is. Um, im not trying to find out. I dont want to take that persons blessing. Reporter spirit of giving certainly contagious. Just last month someone took care of about 11,000 worth of lay away items at a toys r us in cherry hill. Certainly stories like this warming our hearts this time of year. In millville, dave kinchen, fox 29 news. Those are the best stories. They are. 50,000. Another one he talk about in cherry hill and then there was another one somewhere else for like five or ten grand. Great to see that this time of year. A hundred percent. Fox 29 news at 6 00 starts right now. Heart ache in montgomery county. Two young boys lost in a fire. The sons of a sheriffs deputy. Tonight, a Community Mourns an family shatte shattered as offis search for clues into how this all started. Brutal cold, bonechilling wind chills and if thats not enough snow is on the way. And it will be here before you go to bed. Kathys timing it out and has your full forecast. Live from center city in philadelphia this is fox 29 news at 6 00. It doesnt matter where you go right now in our area the cold weather making it kind of stuff to get around you got to bundle up as these people are taking live look at doylestown in bucks county. Skies could be clear now but snow is on the way. Your fox 29 Weather Authority tracking this arctic express. Thanks for joining us tonight at 6 00. Im iain page. Im lucy noland. Not a night to be outside. Those winds you could see them whipping the flags out there. You add snow into that mick its not good. Lets get right to kathy for the latest. Kathy . Very active in this early winter season. Meteorologically we consider wint beginning in december and here it is outside penns landing the temperatures are only in the 20s. The wind still gusting to 20 miles an hour and the wind chills in the teens. Theyll stay there for most of night. It feels like 17 in philadelphia. Feels like four in the poconos. How about 19 the feel like reading in wilmington and even in atlantic city. Heres the snow. Its associated with a clipper its moving very quickly across the keystone state and its going to be here before most of us go to bed. By about the 9 00 oclock hour. You can see this Winter Weather advisory for all the counties highlighted in that lavender for one to 2inches of snow. The snow begins tonight between nine and ten. It continues into the Early Morning hours and its going to be so cold that this snow is going to stick on anything that is untreated. So reduced visibility definitely a possibility in that advisory area. Most of the accumulation before sunrise and of course, allow yourself extra time because tomorrow morning will be slow everywhere across the delaware valley. Well get the snow in south jersey as well. Want to remind that you tomorrow morning for good day philadelphia well have the very latest and of course we begin the news at 4 00 a. M. Bob kelly will have the very latest on the traffic. And of course, Scott Williams is in covering covering for sue serio on all the weather a slow go, guys, ill be back with the seven day coming up. In all right, kathy, thanks. Now to a tragic story out of montgomery county. A fire burned through a familys home killing two young boys and the community